New research on the gender pay gap and the gender leadership gap indicate we should be especially aware of hiring, downshifting, and attrition.…
Gender Issues
In the US and beyond, women have been an underutilized resource. Econlife looks at feminist issues and the changing role and value of women at home and at work.
Throwback Thursday: What a Disney Princess Used To Be
#TBT: Today’s Throwback Thursday looks back at Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Vanellope, to see how they are changing.…
Where Clothing Size Inflation Is a Large Problem
Like the CPI measures purchasing power through the dollar’s inflation rate, we can observe waistline changes through clothing size inflation.…
Where the Glass Ceiling Refuses to Shatter
Looking at the glass ceiling, a recent study indicates that progress has stalled for women ascending the legal and corporate ladder.…
Where Are Women and Men Most Different?
How much patience you display could affect your economic decisions. So too could your preference for risk and your altruism. Add to that positive and negative reciprocity and trust and you get a new m…
Where Education and Healthcare Could Be Better
The new World Bank Human Capital Index was created to encourage the leaders of 157 countries to improve their healthcare and education.…
What the GDP Leaves out (And Should It Matter?)
As a yardstick of the value of the goods and services produced in one year, a country’s GDP might be more accurate if it included unpaid household work.…
How the Gender Gap Affects Men’s Health
Another good reason for diminishing the size of the gender gap in Europe is the impact it will have on men’s health and their life expectancy.…
Pink It, Shrink It, and Gender Design Discrimination
For years, women have needed sweaters, jackets, even snuggies at work. The reason takes us to some solid science…for men. Our story starts with a 154 pound man in a business suit. Decades ago, t…
The Jobs That Women Don’t Do
One of the original Rosie the Riveters was just in the news. Now 98 years old, Elinor Otto visited the San Diego aircraft plant where she first picked up her riveting gun during World War II. At the D…